Read the excerpt below from act 1.1 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and answer the question that follows. Cobbler: Nay, I beseec
h you, sir, be not out with me. Yet, if you be out sir, I can mend you. MURELLUS: What meanest thou by that? “Mend” me, thou saucy fellow? Cobbler: Why, sir, cobble you. MURELLUS: Thou art a cobbler, art thou? In this example, “mend” means “to fix,” but the cobbler uses it in a way that gives it a double meaning. Based on this interaction, what are the two ways that the cobbler can “mend” Murellus?
The two ways the cobbler can mend Murellus is by fixing his shoes, as it is his job. Or he can beat him up, like straighten up his thinking. I think the cobbler uses mend as in beat him up because Murellus is not agreeing with the cobbler.
The two ways the cobbler can mend Murellus is by fixing his shoes, as it is his job. Or he can beat him up, like straighten up his thinking. I think the cobbler uses mend as in beat him up because Murellus is not agreeing with the cobbler.
